Our Team
Wikuki Kingi, QSM, Tohunga Toi Ake, Executive Trustee, Creative Director, Cultural Symbologist, Native Scientist / Technologist. Wikuki has an extensive history of designing, creating, and carving marae and artistic and cultural treasures for local and global communities, including the world’s largest Maori / Pacific totem Pou Kapua, now also in virtual reality
Tania Haerekitera Wolfgramm (Te Aupōuri, Te Whakatōhea, Vava’u Tongan, Scottish, German) is a psychological and social scientist, strategist, evaluator, and Indigenous futurist working at the intersection of cultural, creativity, and computation.
Visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/tania-wolfgramm/
See also https://www.hakamana.com/
Vincent Wolfgramm-Russell, Technology Specialist / AI Developer / Mathematician / Algorithmist / Data Engineer / Deep Learning / Quantum Physics. Founder of Nimbeau - https://nimbeau.co.nz/
Te Reinga Chase (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Whanau a Apanui) holds a Master’s degree in Indigenous Knowledge and a Bachelor of Environmental Management and brings to Pou Kapua Creations a unique blend of cultural leadership, creative arts expertise, and hauora-based service. Her contributions span traditional and contemporary mahi toi, including tukutuku, kōwhaiwhai, and kohatu / stone carving.
Dr Rachel Maunganui Wolfgramm is a former Trustee of Pou Kapua Creations Trust. She is an Associate Professor at the University School of Business and specialises in leadership and international business - https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/r-wolfgramm
Pou Kapua Creations Whanau and Associates
Darcy Wolfgramm-Russell, Rangatahi, Kainga Toi, Administration, Website Design and Development, Social Media
Isaac Rolfe, Director, RIVER / IDesign Media, Computer & Data Science, Platform Design & Development, Branding - https://weareriver.nz/
Korotangi Kapa-Kingi, Master Carver / Sculptor, Carving and Arts Lecturer, Tikanga, Te Reo, Matauranga Maori Kaiako
Manuka Henare, Rachel Wolfgramm, Greg Cajete, Tania Wolfgramm, and Wikuki Kingi at Pou Kapua
Te Ranga Carving Academy
Te Ranga Carving Academy, led by Tohunga Te Uranga o Te Ra Kingi along with Puroku Fraser Tawhai and Lee Martell were vital to the creation and conservation of Pou Kapua. Master Carvers, Team Carvers and Kainga Toi including Tommy Rawiri, Kingi Tawhiao, Rei Mihaere, Warren McGrath, Ara, Pere, Shane, Te Reinga Kingi, Te Rangi Martell, Mitchell Martell, Ripeka Mihaere, Lara Ruakere, Lee Ruakere, Roimata Kingi, Nicola Te Kiri, Hoturoa Kahn Kingi, Karlene Te Aniwa Kingi, Raymond Rogers, Rihara Martell and many more talented carvers, artists, and their whanau have continued to support this kaupapa.
Te Ranga Carving Academy | Pou Kapua Creations Team creating Pou Kapua at AUT North Shore Campus, 2002
Indigenous Master Sculptors / Carvers / Artists who worked with us on the creation of Pou Kapua included Tomas Tuki Tepano and Luis Chavez Hey (Rapa Nui), Kawika Eskaran (Hawaii), Anthony Dieter (Cree), Frank Wolfhead (Tlingit), Sydney Wilson and Tim Ives (Aboriginal). This photo was taken at the Puawaitanga (Revealing Ceremony) of Pou Kapua in 2005.
We honour many of our Elders, Tohunga, Knowledge Holders who have supported us for many decades and who have now passed on...
Takirimaiteata Turner, Kaumatua, Tikanga and Te Reo Specialists
Te Uranga o Te Ra Kingi, Tohunga / Traditional Knowledge Holder
Kirikowhai Evelyn Kingi, Waikato Tainui / Traditional Knowledge Holder
Puroku Fraser Tawhai, Tohunga / Traditional Knowledge Holder
Inia Te Wiata, Tohunga Whakairo / Cultural Advisor, Design Executive
David Tapueluelu Wolfgramm, Vava'u Tonga / Traditional Knowledge Holder
Lee Martell, Traditional Knowledge Holder / Operations Expert
Manuka Henare, Scholar, Professor Maori Business & Economy of Mana
Takirimaiteata Turner, Kaumatua, Tikanga and Te Reo Specialists
Partners, Clients and Associates
Genuine partnerships that are authentic, collaborative, and durable are important to Pou Kapua Creations. We believe that it is important to treat everyone with honour, respect and dignity. We acknowledge that every person, whanau, hapu, iwi, community, and country, has unique strengths and vulnerabilities, and we aim to be responsive to your needs. And we endeavour to be inclusive and transparent in all that we do.